Headlight construction



Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,890

0. R. SELL HEADLIGHT JONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 2. 1926 Otto zifen PatentedNov. 1, 1927.

use s aves OTTO SELL, OF. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

HEADLIGHT CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January .2, 1926. Serial No. 78,965.

The object of this invention isto improve the construction illustratedand claimed in Patents 1,217,81 and'1,278,033, and, especially toprovide means permitting the re fiector to be removed from the lampcasing,

when necessary, without releasing elements.

which may have been connected by pins or bolts and some of which mayobstruct the movement of others and movalof the reflector. r

A further object is to providefor the tilting of a lamp socket, in: onedirection, by

means of a spring, and inthe opposite direc tion by means of'a camPIO1GClllIlg into the casing and loosely engaging another element 3to'be operated in connection with the tilting movement,th e cam beingmovable to mactive position when the reflector is to be removedtemp'orarily from the casing, so that it will constitute no obstructionpre venting such movement. I

With the foregoing and other objectsin 1 View, the invention consists inthe novel con- 3 struction and arrangement of elements 'described,illustrated and claimed, it being undcrstood that modifications may bemade within the scope of the claim,without de parting fromthe spirit ofthe invention.

, In the drawings forming plication, I y I Figure 1 is a View in frontelevation, showing the lamp casing, and the position of a horizontalshaft designed to-be rocked by suitable mechanism, for effecting theinclipart of this apnation or tilting of the lamp bulb mounting means. i

through the rock shaft.

f Figure 2 is a View in vertical section through one of the lampcasings, and

Figure 3 is adet-ail view showing the mounting of the end portions ofthe rock shaft. I Figuresl and 5 show details of construc-.tion,described below, Figure 4 being on line 4.4: ofFigure 2. p g Thehorizontal shaft 10 is controlled by means of a fixed arm 11, and anysuitable device connected therewith adapted to extend to a point withinreach of the operator 'of the car. Shaft 10 has rigidlyfconnectedtherewitha plurality of cams, designated 12,

prevent prompt ie I PGIUOH of element 18.

and each including a hub portion 13, retained on the shaft by means ofset screw llt Lam )bulb 15 is tiltably mounted, the base thereo beingreceived by tubular element tenses and the latter is connected by thespring 24:,

to a stationary element, as shown at 25. Arm 17 is controlled by apivoted armor bar 26 assin throu h a uidin element b D b b 27 the lowerendof bar 26 being engaged by cam .12, so that when shaftjlO is rocked,longitudinal thrust will be imparted to bar 26,

and the arm 17 will act to produce the desired movement in shifting thelamp bulb-15 from the position of Figure 2 to horizontal position. Aconductor leading to the lamp socket is designated 28.. The element 10,

constitutes a tubularrock shaft, and is mounted on rod orshafto3l'retained invsta tionary elements 32 by means of lock nuts 33and elements 34- eachhaving a beveled surface at one portion thereof,and serving an obvious purpose, as will appear from an ins spection ofFigure l r p When it is desired to remove the reflector from the lampcasing (this portion of the construction being shown conventionally),

it is only necessary to operatefarm 11 for throwing cam portion '12outof engagement wlth the end of bar 26,.thus removing all obs structionto the prompt removal of the re flector, the latter being designated 35.The a lamp casing is designated 37-. 1 o

What is claimed is! 1 1 7 In a device of the class described, a-lampcasing, projecting through the casing, means foractuating'the cam,atiltable lamp socket proshown at 36, and the lens a reflector mountedtherein, a can ice jecting through the reflector, and means for e ntro lng the socket by the operati n of the cam, said cam being movable out ofthe the reflector and casing, and having its end path of an element ofsaid means When reportion engaged by the cam for imparting moving thereflector from the casing, and longitudinal thrust to the bar, and means10 the means controlling the socket including a carried by the reflectorfor guiding the bar.

5 resiliently held radial arm extending from In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature.

the axis about which the socket tilts, a bar pivoted to the arm andpositioned between OTTO R. SELL.

